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===Housing===

===Housing===

Harris boasts, "as attorney general of California, I took on the big banks who preyed on the homeowners." Harris and several other state attorneys general negotiated a $25 billion nationwide settlement with five of the top U.S. mortgage lenders to provide debt relief and other financial services to struggling homeowners. But in 2012 then-California Gov. [[Jerry Brown]] illegally diverted $331 million from California’s portion of the settlement to pay off state budget deficits incurred before the 2008 housing crisis. The beleaguered homeowners never got he funds.  

Harris boasts, "as attorney general of California, I took on the big banks who preyed on the homeowners." Harris and several other state attorneys general negotiated a $25 billion nationwide settlement with five of the top U.S. mortgage lenders to provide debt relief and other financial services to struggling homeowners. But in 2012 then-California Gov. [[Jerry Brown]] illegally diverted $331 million from California's portion of the settlement to pay off state budget deficits incurred before the 2008 housing crisis. The beleaguered homeowners never got he funds.  

Harris remained silent on the court battles raging since 2014 as attorney general, Senator and presidential candidate.

Harris remained silent on the court battles raging since 2014 as attorney general, Senator and presidential candidate.

===Democratic Socialism===

===Democratic Socialism===

In early 2013, mainly [[Democratic Socialists of America]] aligned activists, together with many elected officials across the United States came together to urge President Obama to award posthumously the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] to the legendary organizer, Fred Ross, Sr. The [[Saul Alinsky]] trained radical was the first to organize people through house meetings, a mentor to both [[Cesar Chavez]] and [[DSA]]er [[Dolores Huerta]], and a pioneer in Latino voter outreach since 1949 when he helped elect [[Communist Party USA]] affiliate Ed Roybal<ref>DSA organizer Peter Dreier wrote in ''[[HuffPo]]'', [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/from-organizer-to-elected_b_124971.html From Organizer To Elected Official], September 8, 2008.</ref> as Los Angeles’s first Latino council member, "Ross’ influence on social change movements remains strong two decades after his death in 1992".

In early 2013, mainly [[Democratic Socialists of America]] aligned activists, together with many elected officials across the United States came together to urge President Obama to award posthumously the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] to the legendary organizer, Fred Ross, Sr. The [[Saul Alinsky]] trained radical was the first to organize people through house meetings, a mentor to both [[Cesar Chavez]] and [[DSA]]er [[Dolores Huerta]], and a pioneer in Latino voter outreach since 1949 when he helped elect [[Communist Party USA]] affiliate Ed Roybal<ref>DSA organizer Peter Dreier wrote in ''[[HuffPo]]'', [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/from-organizer-to-elected_b_124971.html From Organizer To Elected Official], September 8, 2008.</ref> as Los Angeles's first Latino council member, "Ross’ influence on social change movements remains strong two decades after his death in 1992".

Endorsers of the proposal included Kamala Harris.<ref>[http://quartz.he.net/~beyondch/news/nucleus/plugins/print/print.php?itemid=11057 Momentum Builds for Honoring Legendary Organizer Fred Ross], by Randy Shaw, 2013-03-05</ref>

Endorsers of the proposal included Kamala Harris.<ref>[http://quartz.he.net/~beyondch/news/nucleus/plugins/print/print.php?itemid=11057 Momentum Builds for Honoring Legendary Organizer Fred Ross], by Randy Shaw, 2013-03-05</ref>

==Family==

==Family==

[[File:Donald Trump with Snoop Dogg.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Donald Trump keepin' it real with Snoop Dogg.  Meanwhile Kamala Harris claimed she used to listen to Snoop Dogg when she was in college (during the 1980s). Snoop Dogg hadn't released his first album until 1993.]]

[[File:Donald Trump with Snoop Dogg.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Donald Trump keepin' it real with Snoop Dogg.  Meanwhile, Kamala Harris claimed she used to listen to Snoop Dogg when she was in college (during the 1980s). Snoop Dogg hadn't released his first album until 1993.]]

Harris is a child of privilege. She was born in [[Oakland]] in 1964.  Her father is from [[Jamaica]] and her mother from [[India]]. Her father, who is of mixed race, is a descendant of Jamaican plantation slave owners.  She has less than half African ancestry.  Her mother is from the rich class of [[India]]'s [[caste]] system.  Both were research scientists at the University of California at Berkeley.  She grew up in a privileged neighborhood.  Like Obama, her family has no connection to the historical and cultural experiences of American Blacks who lived under slavery and segregation.  

Harris is a child of privilege. She was born in [[Oakland]] in 1964.  Her father is from [[Jamaica]] and her mother from [[India]]. Her father, who is of mixed race, is a descendant of Jamaican plantation slave owners.  She has less than half African ancestry.  Her mother is from the rich class of [[India]]'s [[caste]] system.  Both were research scientists at the University of California at Berkeley.  She grew up in a privileged neighborhood.  Like Obama, her family has no connection to the historical and cultural experiences of American Blacks who lived under slavery and segregation.